[bgill]

With just two weeks to go before the presidential election, "Obama left the campaign trail to visit Dunham in Honolulu. She had recently broken her hip, and Obama told ABC that visiting her was important to him. "One of the things I wanted to make sure of is that I had a chance to sit down with her and talk to her," he said. "She's still alert and she's still got all her faculties, and I want to make sure that I don't miss that opportunity right now."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96175259

Yeah, real concerned. The Honolulu newspaper at the time published a timeline which showed he spent about a half hour in the apartment building. I've never seen the picture you mentioned but remember a picture of him walking to the apartment. At the time, there was a rumor that she died days earlier than it was reported.

[SaveFerris]

I always thought it was real interesting he had to get there, since his own book stated he found his birth certificate in granny’s apartment.

Well, what an amazing coincidence that she dropped dead about 48 hours before the 2008 election and that he gained access to the apartment prior to that.

Always amazing coincidences with him. He has the Devil’s luck or something like that.

[SaveFerris]

BTW, it took several days before his 757 flew all the way over there. I remember it clearly. Gonna go ..... hadn’t gone yet. Days. It was like 4 or 5 days. But it was an emergency and he had to get there quickly. Or so it was announced.